Thompson (St. Andrew)

THOMPSON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Blandford, hundred of Coombs-Ditch, Blandford division of Dorset, 6½ miles (S. by E.) from Blandford; containing 48 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 8. 9., and in the gift of William John Bankes, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £84, and the glebe comprises about an acre. The church, a small brick edifice, circular at the east end, was rebuilt by Archbishop Wake.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, published in 1848.